Austin's Throwing a Big Bash for Beethoven in 2020

The classical community is lighting 250 candles for this musical superhero

"...You want to party in 2020? Then get to wherever Austin's..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ethos' Atlantis: A Puppet Opera

This new musical take on the fall of Atlantis pulls us into an ancient place, powered by myth and ritual

"...You could call it a story as old as the sun and..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Jimmy Stewart Is Crazy in Love

Passion’s pitfalls bedevil Jimmy Stewart in three classics

"...Jimmy Stewart’s characters are not in their right minds this month..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Erica Todd

Down the Line

The 2010-11 Austin Music Awards crown South by Southwest's Saturday night

"...Between cult Texan Josh T. Pearson taking a page out of Blaze..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Can a Century Tell Us?

Looking at two art exhibitions that both survey 100 years of imagery, the more things change ...

"...One hundred years can be an intimidating span of time...."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...Biblical epics are a weakness of mine. They don't have..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Lazarus' Second Location Works Hard So You Can Relax With a Beer

The new, North Loop location is Laz'r focused

"...It's 2023, which means everybody in America has gotten frisky with at least..."

March 3, 2023 Food Feature by Eric Puga

'The Last Supper'

Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas: an excerpt

"...Chainsaw's cast and crew had been working twelve- to sixteen-hour..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Qmmunity: Homoscope Is Where the Heart Is

Your best queer week is written in the stars – and this column

"...I’m gazing into my crystal ball/tarot deck/Google search results, and they’re..."

April 11, 2025 Column by James Scott

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...With threats of lightning storms having already relocated Luck Reunion to..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...What makes a film a classic? What irrepressible spark illuminates..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Coralie Fargeat Gets Revenge on the Male Gaze

Writer/director flips the script on action movies

"...Revenge, the debut feature by French director Coralie Fargeat, has been..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...In early August, Louis Black, this paper’s co-founder and co-owner,..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A New Cuppa Tea in Tripoli

Actress Bernadette Nason takes tales of a year in Libya and brews a potent memoir

"...Bernadette Nason knew her mid-Eighties year of living as an..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

It's SXSW all over, especially all over that other acronymically correct paradise, Austin's SoCo, our hallowed South Congress Avenue, south of the river. See what our Style Avatar has been up to and what he recommends.

"...SOUTH-BY LAND Downtown, even at 10am, had SXSW all over it..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...Behind the saw- horses and police tape, onlookers fidget. A..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

Blue Lapis Light's In Light

In this aerial dance production, the performers move through the sky with such grace, joy, and harmony, they might as well be angels

"...You sit on a metal folding chair, its hardness matching that of the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Four Days of Hot Luck in a Nutshell

It’s simply the best food and music festival in Austin

"...[Editor's note: Be sure to check out the entire Hot Luck Festival photo gallery as well as..."

May 28, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Touchdowns That Changed Texas

Civil rights and sports mix in Breaking Down Barriers: The C.R. Roberts Story

"...September 22, 1956: C.R. Roberts makes history as one of the first black college athletes..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Summer Fun: Into the Mystic of High Road Pool

Plunging back in time with my iPod

"...In the winter when I miss swimming at High Road..."

May 13, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

A New Generation Brings Heloise Gold's "Bird Dream Dances" to Life

Taking wing with the bird dances Gold has been making for 40 years

"...Picture a nest, with a mother bird feeding three younger ones...."

May 31, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...To get from the Peter and the Wolf that you know (Russian folk..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...Our most read film review of the year was also our most..."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin and the 7-10 Split

Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause

"...When people first started talking about shifting Austin to single-member City Council districts,..."

July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...When the sun goes down on All Hallow's Eve and you've..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Burning and The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Another gruesome twosome for your weekend's viewing

"...Y'know, it's funny. Considering that the filmmaking Weinstein brothers of Miramax fame made..."

May 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Barbecue Turns Up the Heat With Secret Pit Technology

Is this special new smoker a brisket game-changer?

"...It's an age-old question that persists even today in the dark..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Texas State Makes the Leap to Big-Time Football

Bobcats enter FBS

"...The technicolor dream bus has finally arrived in San Marcos...."

Aug. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The 'It' Perspective

Photographer Fritz Henle seen through the lens of Austin image-maker Matthew Fuller

"...In "Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty," the Harry Ransom..."

June 12, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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